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Letter: Macho mice

Published 27 February 1999

From Peter Scott

I was concerned to hear of the advances in nurturing human sperm in mice or rats
(This Week, 13 February, p 4).

Such technology will only make it all the more difficult for men to address
the question when asked: “Are you a man or a mouse?”

bafy2@susx.ac.uk

Issue no. 2175 published 27 February 1999

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